We offer
in May of 2008 three different possible touring options : A 6 day tour -
May 3,4,5,6,7 & 8
a different option of another 6 day tour - May 7,8,9,10,11 & 12 or all
together as a 9 plus day tour from
May 3rd to May 12 ( all tours start and end in Prague )
*** tours officially start in Prague, Czech Republic. I
suggest you fly into Prague the day before the tours starts.
( as a option ) We have booked space in a very nice hotel in the
historic center the day before both tours start.
May 3 – Saturday *** 1st May Tour officially starts at 9 AM - in the
lobby of our Hotel in Central Prague.
AM - Welcome breakfast in a private Czech home, you can see how local
people live. Tour the heartbreaking WW II
memorial Lidice village & museum. Spend most
of the afternoon at the Central Bohemia folk festival, seeing
lots of folk costumes, folk dancing, music, great entertainment
!
PM Check-in -
hotel, dinner at a local restaurant.
May 4 – Sunday
AM - Free time for church or walk around historic Pisek, walk across
the oldest stone bridge in Central Europe (1300) tour
historic river power plant. Visit Zvikov castle built before 1234. Farm
village visit – learn to make kolac - a Czech
pastry and Jiternice - sausage, and a folk craft, sing and folk dance.
PM Village
dinner feast tonight !
May 5 - Monday
AM –Tour of the Brewery in Protivin. Off to visit Cesky Krumlov (
World heritage site ) walking tour of the historic
center, castle gardens, lunch. optional
tours of tower, or castle.
PM Dinner in
Ceske Budejovice, with real Budvar ?
May 6 - Tuesday
AM - To Pribram, tour the Mining museum and Holy Mountain. Visit
Dobres Chateau since 1630, privately owned.
PM Off to Prague, check-in
at our wonderful NEW hotel near historic Wenceslas Square. Stroll to a
local restaurant.
May 7 – Wednesday *** ( 2nd May tour starts at 9 AM from hotel
lobby - on this day May 9th )
AM - Walking tour through the Prague Castle complex - the largest in
the world, lunch and continued sightseeing of
PM Karluv Most (Charles Bridge), and Stare Mesto (Old Town). till
about 4 PM, evening free - for concerts, etc
May 8 - Thursday
AM - Guided tour of Vysehrad Castle and/or Josefov (Jewish Town) or
Museums or opt out - to explore on your own,
visit family or whatever you wish.
PM Evening -
is a amazing river dinner cruise under / around the Charles bridge.
***** The first 6 day May tour ends here *****
May 9 - Friday
AM – Off to east Bohemia, with a visit to historic Kutna Hora, St
Barbara’s gothic cathedral – walking tour, lunch.
PM Tour the unique Christmas nativity museum, visit the Josefov
fortress. Check-in at our Nachod hotel, dinner.
May 10 - Saturday
AM – See dramatic Nachod castle started in 1254. Then the brewery and
beer Primátor. lunch in the historic center ?
PM Off to Cerveny Kostelec, tour around the square, visit a lace maker.
See medieval castle Skaly, stylish dinner.
May 11 – Sunday
AM - Free time for church or walk around historic Nachod. Visit a
textile museum, Lunch in historic Novy Mesto ?
PM Meet a local folk costume producer, tour a old wooden church built
in 1553. visit Dobrosov village, dinner.
May 12 – Monday
AM – 7:30 early departure for Prague, arrive at airport at 10 AM for
airline flights and a lifetime of great memories !
Tour ends in Prague - if no-one needs to be at airport
that morning, we we depart a little bit later, and arrive to
Prague around noon.
* the final itinerary will have more stops, and much more detail. I do
not publish this in advanced because we don’t
want our out-of-the-way places to be swamped with tourists. Our secret
places are for you - our valued guests.
PRICES FOR THESE WONDERFUL TRAVEL EXPERIENCES
ARE ONLY ;
1st May tour : FULL 6 DAY TOUR is : $ 1895.00* per-person,
double. Single is $ 319 extra.
2nd May tour : FULL 5 DAY TOUR is : $ 1349.00* per-person,
double. Single is $ 295 extra.
BOTH tours together : are a FULL 9 DAY TOUR is : $ 2249.00*
per-person, double. Single is $ 400 extra.
Tour price is based on double room occupancy. Price includes : Hotel
rooms with private bath, in small select superior class hotels ( 3 stars
or above ). Almost all meals ( which are large ). Professional driver,
in a nice new 48 passenger modern air-conditioned motor coach - during
tour ( with LOTS of room to relax and spread out on all those empty seats,
this is a real luxury – as most tours will cram you in, every seat is full
) This is a fully guided tour, with a full time licensed local
Czech guide. At the end of the tour, transport to the Prague airport.( one
time of departure per tour ) Your admission to places and events on the
itinerary. Plus lots of entertainment, ( due to our extensive expertise,
almost all entertainment we have is exclusive to Heritage Tours ) This
is a Land only tour. Program is subject to change, tour price based on
currency exchange rates as of Oct. 1, 2007. No two tours have ever been
the same, each is unique and designed around the local calendar of
events. Tour size is limited to around 15 – 20 people –
again this is a real luxury, as many of my competitors have 35 to 50
people on one tour. Tour space is held by deposit only.
*Listed tour price is by personal or bank check, final payment by credit
card will add 4 % to your total price. ( the 4 % is NOT added to your tour
deposit )
You may charge your tour
deposit to your credit card, by phone or email. Or by personal check
sent by postal mail.
To place a credit card tour deposit, and or
to book your flights to Europe call
Forest Lake
Travel at : (651) 464-5092 or Toll Free 1-888-427-8687 (Central time zone)
We invite you
to view our extensive web site,
www.czechheritage.com as much more information can be found there.
For ALL
tour questions please contact Mark, as he is on every tour - best by email
at :
Bmark@visi.com or by phone at ( 651)
426-1222 or you can also try ( 480 ) 982-7994 - ask for Mark
We add many things to our tour program in Europe and are only
satisfied when most people say I am too tired to
go on ! We don’t believe in playing games with tour prices, there will
be very few extras while you are on our tour. Those very few
extras are: a. One meal a day, mostly lunches ( with two
BIG meals a day, its not missed by
most people) Beverages other than breakfast. b. Car, drivers,
translators, for family visits and personal reasons, and additional
services done by the genealogical service. c. An occasional
evening cultural program, or extra stops at places or events we come
across. d. Gratuities during the tour. e. Transportation
to / from Europe ( Deb at Forest lake travel can get you a price for
this – or do your own thing ! ) in Prague transfers to meet the start of
the tour.
For references please feel free to contact :
Elizabeth
Miller in NC (704) 364-4857 email,
emiller@vnet.net
Karen Helwig ( 262 ) 473-2187 in Wisc. email,
helwigr@cni-usa.com
Kathryn Betlach
(415) 479-8483 in Calif.
Gary Zabokrtsky ( 402 ) 729-2875 in Nebraska. email :
garyzab@alltel.net
Barb Bening ( 507
) 964-2739 in MN
Lisa Conrath email, ewm1573@yahoo.com
in SC.
Betsey McCalley (
319 ) 363-9163 in Iowa
Doreen
McKenny 952-941-0426 in MN
Doreenlouise@aol.com
Gerry Payette in
ILL. ( 708 ) 478-1247
Kathy Sigdestad in KY email :
kathysig@insightbb.com.
Marge Duffy in
MN email, Mduffy38@aol.com
Midge Robbeloth 920-426-8890 in Wisc.
LFACHE@aol.com
Carol & George
Bisek in MN Cbisek@hazelden.org
Pat & Dick Kutilek 402-393-7469 in Neb. email,
dpkutilek@cox.net
Susan Tesauro
in ILL 708-597-8822
Jan Jacobs 303-420-6442 in CO email :
jjacobs19@aol.com
Elaine Jones in
Neb email : ekathryn@cox.net
Our exclusive family history assistance: While on a Heritage
Tour if you are interested in locating your family’s roots, we can make
it happen. We take this mission VERY SERIOUSLY. Unlike others we
contact and search for your living relatives LONG before you depart for
Europe. We check in advance to make sure people know you are coming,
that the church will be open, that people will be home etc. All these
matters dealing with family history are handled by a professionally
licensed genealogical service, run by a Slovak-American married to a
Czech based in Prague. They work extensively in Central Europe. We
will contact your relatives, and you and they will decide how long your
visit will be, a evening, afternoon, a day ? As not everyone will speak
English, drive, or even have a car, we can help out with a car, van,
driver or translator if you request it, no problem ! ( at a additional
fee ) We will basically fill in with whatever you need to make your
family visit a roaring success ! Detailed information regarding this
service and much more, will be sent out to you – after you have
signed up for a tour.
This is a GREAT GENERAL TOUR, each day is plum full of
activities, your personal family history and visit is for you, the group
is not invited along. We will be very interested to hear about your
wonderful visit, but it’s your day to be spent with your family.
Don’t let the large paragraph above worry you if your not of Czech or
Slovak background. If your interest is just seeing a wonderful part of
Europe - enjoying a more in-depth experience, or extensive travelers
looking for a better travel experience – all have found our tours a
wonderful off the beaten path travel experience !
In the last few years we have had many non-Czech or Slovak background
people join us, as more of the world learns what a wonderful place
Central Europe really is. Including American Teachers and librarians
doing school projects, and American’s living in Europe full time. On
our last tour of 2006, we had 6 Australian’s and a lady from England
– two of the Australians were returning for their 2nd tour with us ! (
none of whom are of Czech or Slovak background, they had all heard
wonderful things about our tours – all the way down under ! )
You will meet many friends as we have over the last 16 years, it's less
like a tour and more like a family outing visiting friends.
Don’t miss your chance…………. Join us for the trip of a lifetime in
2008 !
